i think you are right. this cannot happen ,however, with a bipolar government like we have here in the US currently. i think you are understating the result, but would you have free fingers right now if BB didn't want you to?
I think the Dems could be shamed into it.
And I think it would have a most positive effect on the public morale and debate.
It needs to be, tangibly, "Our" war, not our government's war or this administration's war.